Grantee Research Project Results
Pacific Estuarine Ecosystem Indicator Research (PEEIR) Consortium: Biogeochemistry and Bioavailability Component
EPA Grant Number: R828676C003Subproject: this is subproject number 003 , established and managed by the Center Director under grant R828676
(EPA does not fund or establish subprojects; EPA awards and manages the overall grant for this center).
Center: EAGLES - Consortium for Estuarine Ecoindicator Research for the Gulf of Mexico
Center Director: Brouwer, Marius
Title: Pacific Estuarine Ecosystem Indicator Research (PEEIR) Consortium: Biogeochemistry and Bioavailability Component
Investigators: Higashi, Richard M. , Nelson, Douglas , Kuivila, Katherine , Fan, Teresa W-M. , Scow, Kate , Holden, Patricia
Current Investigators: Higashi, Richard M. , Fan, Teresa W-M. , Holden, Patricia , Ustin, Susan L. , Scow, Kate , Collins, Joshua N , Huspeni, Todd , Lafferty, Kevin , Green, Peter , Lay, Mui , Green, Sarah , Li, Lin , Rosso, Pablo , Melack, John , Hechinger, Ryan , Page, Henry M. , Myers, Monique , Hollibaugh, James T. , Cao, Yiping , LaMontagne, Michael , Córdova-Kreylos, Analucis , VanDeWerfhorst, Laurie
Institution: University of California - Davis , United States Geological Survey , University of California - Santa Barbara
Current Institution: University of California - Davis , San Francisco Estuary Institute , University of California - Santa Barbara , University of Georgia , United States Geological Survey
EPA Project Officer: Packard, Benjamin H
Project Period: March 1, 2001 through February 28, 2005
RFA: Environmental Indicators in the Estuarine Environment Research Program (2000) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: Ecological Indicators/Assessment/Restoration , Water , Aquatic Ecosystems
Objective:
The overall objective of this research project is to develop field indicators and the knowledge base to help assess the consequences of changes in chemical form of pollutants in tidal marshes. Most organic and inorganic pollutants relentlessly change chemical form due to biogeochemical processes. Different forms in turn define both toxicity and bioavailability. Our general objective is founded on two principles that involve biogeochemistry and bioavailability. Knowledge of factors involved in modifying chemical form and bioavailability is critical for accurately assessing and predicting organismal exposure and higher order ecotoxicological effects.
This research project's particular emphasis is on the assessment of metals and organic pollutant bioavailability in relation to sedimentary lower trophic-level biomarkers. This emphasis on rooted plants and sediment microbes is because they often are the entry point of pollutants into the food chain and are major drivers of the biogeochemistry of the tidal marsh. The specific objective of this research project is to uncover the chemical, biochemical, and biotic markers that herald the bioavailability, transport, and/or biotransformation of selected metal and organic pollutants. These markers, in appropriate concert with others generated by PEEIR, can comprise indicators of pollutant stress on marsh ecosystems.
Publications and Presentations:
Publications have been submitted on this subproject: View all 45 publications for this subproject | View all 140 publications for this centerJournal Articles:
Journal Articles have been submitted on this subproject: View all 13 journal articles for this subproject | View all 41 journal articles for this centerSupplemental Keywords:
bioavailability, transformations, biogeochemistry, selenium, mercury, pesticides, watersheds, estuary, ecological effects, ecosystem indicators, aquatic, integrated assessment, EPA Region 9., RFA, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, Water, ECOSYSTEMS, Ecosystem Protection/Environmental Exposure & Risk, estuarine research, Ecosystem/Assessment/Indicators, Ecosystem Protection, exploratory research environmental biology, Ecological Effects - Environmental Exposure & Risk, Aquatic Ecosystems, Ecological Monitoring, Terrestrial Ecosystems, Ecological Indicators, Risk Assessment, anthropogenic stress, anthropogenic stresses, wetlands, aquatic ecosystem, bioindicator, ecological risk assessment, estuaries, ecosystem assessment, wetland ecosystem, biomarkers, nutrients, bioavailability, trophic effects, ecosystem indicators, coastal ecosystems, environmental indicators, ecosystem restoration, water quality, aquatic ecology, biogeochemistryProgress and Final Reports:
Main Center Abstract and Reports:
R828676 EAGLES - Consortium for Estuarine Ecoindicator Research for the Gulf of Mexico Subprojects under this Center: (EPA does not fund or establish subprojects; EPA awards and manages the overall grant for this center).
R828676C000 Pacific Estuarine Ecosystem Indicator Research (PEEIR) Consortium: Administration and Integration Component
R828676C001 Pacific Estuarine Ecosystem Indicator Research (PEEIR) Consortium: Ecosystem Indicators Component
R828676C002 Pacific Estuarine Ecosystem Indicator Research (PEEIR) Consortium: Biological Responses to Contaminants Component: Biomarkers of Exposure, Effect, and Reproductive Impairment
R828676C003 Pacific Estuarine Ecosystem Indicator Research (PEEIR) Consortium: Biogeochemistry and Bioavailability Component
The perspectives, information and conclusions conveyed in research project abstracts, progress reports, final reports, journal abstracts and journal publications convey the viewpoints of the principal investigator and may not represent the views and policies of ORD and EPA. Conclusions drawn by the principal investigators have not been reviewed by the Agency.
Project Research Results
13 journal articles for this subproject
Main Center: R828676
140 publications for this center
41 journal articles for this center